Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Caesarea
- WHEN
- c. AD 40-44
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. AD 40-44
counted from the text
Cornelius, and the church ceasing to be only Jewish.
WHO RULED
- Caligula emperor of Rome AD 37-41
- Claudius emperor of Rome AD 41-54
- Herod Agrippa I king of Judea AD 41-44
MEANWHILE
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AD 41 Italy
Caligula is assassinated and Claudius takes power
The order to set up the emperor's statue in the Temple in Jerusalem dies with him.
SOURCES
- date — Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.
- Caligula — Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- Claudius — Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- Herod Agrippa I — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44
- Caligula is assassinated and Claudius takes power — Suetonius, Caligula 58 and Claudius 10; Josephus, Antiquities XIX
WHAT HAPPENED
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Cornelius receives the Spirit AD 40 (approximate date)
A Roman officer and his household receive the Spirit before any Jewish rite. It is the decision the church spends the next chapters trying to understand.
SEE ALSO
- Galatians 4:14 And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
- James 1:19 My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Deuteronomy 5:25-29 But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. …
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- Proverbs 1:5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 9:9-10 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. …
- Proverbs 25:12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- Matthew 18:4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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